Nigeria, Canada Enhance Ties with Landmark Code Sharing Agreement

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The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Canadian authority have signed a landmark code-sharing agreement to improve service delivery in the aviation industry, increase efficiency, facilitate smoother travel, promote economic collaboration, and improve overall efficiency.

Under the agreement, two or more airlines from Canada or Nigeria will be able to sell seats on each other’s flights. To enhance connectivity and offer passengers seamless travel options under a single airline’s code, the deal would also enable airlines to offer more destinations and flights to their customers without having to operate them themselves.

The agreement is also expected to advance the relationship between the two countries. According to Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, the agreement “is not a full Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA), but one that has to do with code sharing and subsequently, we are going to designate airlines on both sides to move this forward.”

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According to The Nation, local operators in Nigeria and Canada have been lining up for the agreement. “An agreement has come into force today, and we must communicate with our local operators on both sides. Many of them have been lining up for this initiative. We have granted a few operators approval to run that route already, and it is just for them to take advantage of this code-sharing agreement to begin operations,” Keyamo added, further explaining that the agreement will bolster the aeronautical relationship between both countries.

The High Commissioner of Canada to Nigeria, Pasquale Salvaggio, agreed, stating that the agreement indicates better ties and growing bilateral and commercial relations between both countries.

According to Salvaggio, “code sharing is important because it allows an airline to place their designator codes on a flight operated by another airline and then sell tickets on that flight, offering passengers a seamless journey on one ticket. So, this is one step in making it a more seamless process for the operators and the passengers.”